The world of aircraft carriers faces two vexing problems: a shortage of planes and a shortage of the carriers themselves.

What You Need to Know: Modern aircraft carriers, like the U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford-class, cost around $13 billion each due to their immense complexity and advanced technology. These vessels are ...

All the Facts: Modern aircraft carriers like the USS Gerald R. Ford are engineering marvels that defy initial perceptions of instability. Despite their massive size and asymmetrical ...

Why Aircraft Carriers May Be Losing Relevance in Modern Warfare Most countries tend to fight--and prepare to fight--the previous war. This fact is seen in Washington's obsessive commitment to ...

To continue building legacy systems, like the aircraft carrier, when our enemies have developed cheaper ways of negating the ...

A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, like American carriers, would be a major jump for China, giving its navy a global reach.

China's newest aircraft carrier, which just completed its maiden sea trials, appears to be a substantial improvement over its two predecessors. It's a modern flattop boasting far more capability ...

Tokyo’s first modern aircraft carrier – the Izumo – completed flight certification trials in 2021, also with F-35Bs from the USMC. That milestone marked the first time in over 75 years that ...